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2017 Ranked #17,836

Candy Match

A pattern-recognition card game has players spot combinations where every sweet appears in pairs and claim the involved cards. Incorrect calls give rivals cards, so fast recognition must be balanced against the cost of a mistake.

Family Games Card Game Pattern Recognition Series: PocketPlay (Pegasus)

Players

2-6

Play time

10-20 min

Age

8+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

5.93

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

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Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.2/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

In Candy Match, players place cards depicting one to three sweets. As soon as a player finds a card combination in which all the candy depicted is in pairs, they call "Candy match" and show their solution.

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In Candy Match, players place cards depicting one to three sweets. As soon as a player finds a card combination in which all the candy depicted is in pairs, they call "Candy match" and show their solution. If the symbol pairs are correct, the player receives all the cards involved in the matches; if they're wrong, each other player takes one card from the center of the table. Once the draw pile is exhausted and no more combinations can be found, the game ends and the player with the most points wins.

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2–6
Play time
10–20 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Reiner Knizia

Artists

1
Christian Fiore

Publishers

3
Ediciones MasQueOca Pegasus Spiele Popcorn Games

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